Chellie Pingree

The need to do something about global warming is obvious. And it's also pretty clear that the public understands the need for change and is ready to embrace it. What is missing is political will in Congress to stand up to the powerful energy companies and their well-paid lobbyists.

American Politician

Geoff Hoon

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament.

British Politician

Marty Meehan

Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs.

Kay Ivey

As Governor I, and my office, have the responsibility to appoint members to various boards and commissions; this executive order ensures that we will no longer appoint registered lobbyists to those positions.

John Paul DeJoria

America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.

American Businessman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I knew that our community needed a very clear voice. and I think we deserved representation that rejected lobbyist funds and put our voters and our community first.

Bernie Sanders

Coal and oil lobbyists added fossil fuels to a bill aimed at helping American manufacturers, so they too could claim 'manufacturing' tax deductions.

Eric Greitens

For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.

Pat Quinn

I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them.

P. J. O'Rourke

Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System.

American Comedian

Lobbyists aim to sway decision-makers in government to benefit their employers or clients.

Influence Politics

Lobbying often happens behind the scenes and is not always public knowledge.

Not Always Visible

Can represent various organizations like businesses, unions, or non-profits to influence laws.

Interest Groups

 We knew we had to do something. So over the next few months, we made a committee called Students for a Healthy Oregon, and we set out to end the stigma against mental health. We also wanted to prioritize mental health in schools. With the help of some lobbyists and a few mental health professionals,

Why students should have...

 lobbyists and out she's realized it was too brown hyenas walking so they must have been mating which would have been really amazing to see but unfortunately they're very secretive they're probably even more secretive than the leopard actually so if you get to see a brown hyena

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 can block reform. I know that should have been, like, a rock or something. I can only find cheese. I'm sorry. So there it is. Block reform. Because there is an economy here, an economy of influence, an economy with lobbyists at the center which feeds on polarization.

We the People, and the...

 they hire homeless people and others who need a job to stand waiting in the line for as long as it takes, and the lobbyist, just before the hearing begins, can take his or her place at the head of the line and a seat in the front of the room. Paid line standing.

Michael Sandel: Why we...

 And we're doing this on the second largest oil reserves on the planet. This is one of the reasons why Canada, originally a climate change hero -- we were one of the first signatories of the Kyoto Accord. Now we're the country that has full-time lobbyists

Garth Lenz: The true...

 The original intention behind the patent system was to motivate people to invent by rewarding them with a time-limited monopoly. But today, that intention has been distorted beyond recognition. Corporations have teams of lawyers and lobbyists

Why are drug prices so...

 Or indeed, if you're watching online. If you live in a city, please advocate to create and expand a green zone where only electric vehicles are welcome. If you work in government, raise your level of ambition. Ignore the fossilized lobbyists.

Monica Araya: The...

 been like like a rock or something I can only find cheese I'm sorry so there it is blocked reform because there is an economy here an economy of influence an economy with lobbyists epicenter which feeds on polarization it feeds on

 there is a concentration of knowledge, of understanding, of clout. I mean, think about How does a friendship become a subsidy? Seamlessly, when a senior government official decides to leave government and become a lobbyist

Eric Liu: Why ordinary...

 for many grassroots communities across the world and especially those of the global south. That policy also ensured that the largest badge delegation at COP were fossil fuel lobbyists.